The No-nonsense Guide to Born-digital Content - Facet No-nonsense Guides
The No-nonsense Guide to Born-digital Content - Facet No-nonsense Guides
paperback
Published:
4 April, 2018
Description
This book offers a comprehensive, entry-level guide for librarians and archivists who have found themselves managing or are planning to manage born-digital content. Libraries and archives of all sizes are collecting and managing an increasing proportion of digital content. Within this body of digital content is a growing pool of ‘born-digital’ content: content that has been created and has often existed solely in digital form. The No-nonsense Guide to Born-digital Content explains step by step processes for developing and implementing born-digital content workflows in library and archive settings of all sizes and includes a range of case studies collected from small, medium and large institutions internationally. Coverage includes:
- the wide range of digital storage media and the various sources of born-digital content
- a guide to digital information basics
- selection, acquisition, accessioning and ingest
- description, preservation and access
- methods for designing & implementing workflows for born-digital collection processing
- a comprehensive glossary of common technical terms
- strategies and philosophies to move forward as technologies change.
This book will be useful reading for LIS and archival students and professionals who are working with, or plan to work with, born digital content. It will also be of interest to museum professionals, data managers, data scientists, and records managers.
Prizes
2019 Society of American Archivsts' Preservation Publication Award Winner
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781783301959 |
| ISBN10 | 1783301953 |
| Number Of Pages | 240 |
| Item Weight | 168 g |
| Product Dimensions | 197 x 242 x 13 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Facet Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
'...there is value for everyone in the well-reasoned discussions about overarching strategies, policies, and processes, which are necessary before any of the capturing and processing of resources can begin...Recommended. Graduate students and professionals.'- H. C. Williams, University of Washington, CHOICE
-- H. C. Williams * CHOICE *'In short, Ryan and Sampson synthesize a myriad of community practices and highly technical documentation, standards, and models into clear prose with minimal jargon, and they make a substantial contribution to the professional literature. I anticipate that The No-Nonsense Guide to Born-Digital Content will prove to be a valuable resource in and outside of the classroom for many years to come.'
-- Blake Graham * The American Archivist *'Overall, I found the book a well-written and engaging guide to what can be an intimidating subject...I would definitely recommend it to anyone trying to get to grips with born-digital content but it should be used as a guide to familiarise yourself with the basics and seen as a starting point for new avenues of exploration.'
-- Emily Chen * Taylor & Francis Online *Author's Bio
Heather Ryan is the Director of Special Collections, Archives & Preservation and Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. She earned her PhD in Information and Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Walker Sampson is the Digital Archivist at the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. He earned his MS in Information Science at the University of Texas at Austin before beginning work at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in 2011.